We will show you who Cleveland Police will team up to keep everyone safe at todays st. Patricks day parade. Brian one thing you dont have to worry about at the parade today is the weather. It shouldnt be too bad out there. Yeah, all you knuckleheads just stay home. Weve had some problems down here, now. Its happened. We dont need it. Its supposed to be a family fun day, right . Tia thats right. Good morning, im tia ewing. More on the parade security in a moment. Lets go to meteorologist sam roberts. Samantha look behind me. All the green and lit up for st. Patricks day today and hoping start. Time is 6 01. Heres whats happening outside. We start out with a look at the radar and satellite over the last three hours. Its been really quiet. We have a few peeks of clear sky. Well go with that. A little bit of clear sky getting through, but a lot of cloud cover out there. No rain at this hour. We are dry, and i think most of its a beautiful morning. Heres a live look over downtown. Look at this great visibility we have. Were not tracking any fog. You can see the entire skyline there including terminal tower, which is also lit up in green. 47 is our current temperature in cleveland. Most of us are in the 40s. Its a little breezy, but i expect the winds to pick up throughout the day. Speaking of your day, i want to break it down for you hourbyhour. 70 were in the mid40s and a few clouds and breezy as we start off this thursday. Again, winding pick up. 54 at noon, 57 at 3 00. That is your forecast high today. Overall a blend of clouds and sun, but there is just the slightest chance of a passing shower mid to Late Afternoon. Parade should be good to go. John. John 271 and 480 is what youre looking at here. Okay. Everybody is up to speed again. A suggestion might be to take the bus today or find a designated driver, because we st. Patricks day. Lets look at another picture of the traffic headed west on 480, in and out on 77 and eeb traffic on 480, a lot of space between cars. Well, it could be a reflection of the fact were just after 6 00 in the morning, but often this is an area that starts to get packed quickly as folks head to the valley view bridge and granger and transportation boulevard and points east. Were going 60 Miles Per Hour into town. You get to the jennings split, 58. That is not any problem. Its usually a lot slower. The rest of the interstates are pretty much up to speed. Were moving along nicely with no accidents and brokendowns so over to brian and tia. Tia Cleveland Police will use the parade to prepare for the Republican National convention in july. Brian outside the rnc they say this will be the biggest year long. We know how that goes. Q. Mccray joins us live. Its more than just Cleveland Police working to keep everybody safe today. Q. yeah. In addition to the Cleveland Police department, you can expect Homeland Security to be out today. You can expect the fbi as well as Cuyahoga County sheriffs deputies. They will all be out and about today patrolling what will be the Third Largest parade for st. Paddys day in the country. Its beneficial for the rnc, and we can work out a few kinks. If there was no rnc, wed still have a heightened awareness. Q. heres what you need to know when it comes to the parade parade. It steps off at 1 04 this afternoon. West towards superior avenue toward public square. At east third it ends a block later at the cleveland mall. Due to construction, parade spectators will not be allowed to gather around public square, so make alternative plans. Back out here live, were live right now at the intersection where all the fun will start off today at the intersection of east 18th and superior. Now, i mentioned all of the Law Enforcement that will be out here, both federal Law Enforcement as well as local Law Enforcement. Paradegoers also need to keep an eye out today for anything unrule y or suspicious. If you see anything that irks you the wrong way, make sure and let Law Enforcement know as soon as possible. Reporting live, im q. Mccray, cleveland 19. Tia before the parade steps off, the Cleveland Firefighters Shamrock Club will host the annual memorial to fallen firefighters. It begins at 11 25 this morning the service is held annually on st. Patricks day. Brian we start to get an idea of what some of the security measures the city of cleveland will take during the Republican National convention in july. 55 security cameras will be strategically mounted around convention venues. Until now, not much has been said about the security plan for the rnc. Cleveland police chief Calvin Williams says theres a reason for that. A lot of the information is Law Enforcement sensitive for the rnc, so were not putting any list out there at this time. Brian chief williams also says there are rumors flying around that officers are going to be equipped with grenade launchers and tanks. He said the rumors arent true. We expect a more detailed plan in the coming weeks. Tia police are alert in a akron after the report of a child abduction attempt theyre waiting for more details. A 9yearold girl was approached by two men on her walk home from pfeiffer elementary school. There might be justice for a euclid family who had their house egged over 100 times. We first took you top home on willmore avenue last year after a lengthy investigation, police just arrested jason cozon. He now living on parkwood but used to live on the same street as the egged home. A judge said his bond is now set at 2,000. Brian one in nine quintillion are the odds to fill out a perfect march madness bracket. The first round tips off today, duke versus unc wilmington here on cbs at 12 15. If youre still filling out brackets, heres a number to consider. A number one never lost in the first round. At least one 14 seed as won in the first round in each of the last three son seasons, and the most likely first round upset other than a 9 beating an 8 is the 5 versus 12 matchup. Dont forget to enter the cleveland 19 tourney challenge. Head to the website and fill out the bracket and you have a chance to win a 48hifrj inch tv. Got your bracket down . Tia yes. Duke or unc . Brian in that case, duke. They have a nice starting five but no depth and not a great year. Tia sounds good to me. I just chose duke. Duke has always been good. Brian theyre the defending national champs. Tia we have to see what happens. They are. True. Brian 6 08. If youre going downtown for the st. Patricks day parade, the weather shouldnt get in wur way too much, right, sam . Its going to be great with mid50s at 1 00 when everything gets going. It will be windy and no rain during the parade, but we could see a passing shower mid to Late Afternoon. Ill have your full forecast after the break. Tia also ahead, next week debate was canceled when word got out that one of the candidates was going to blow it off anyway. Brian next, what michigans governor is going to say today that t i have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. Breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for tia a lot of people have been waiting for this. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is expected to talk before the this is what we know. Hell be testifying about his role in the flint water crisis. Snyder said this disaster is a failure of government at all levels. Countless people in flint have been exposed to leadcontaminated water. When they switched flints water supply system to the Detroit River nearly two years ago. Fox news canceled the march 21st Republican Debate in salt lake city, utah. They say because donald trump refused to participate. The leading gop candidate says he had a prior speaking engagement that day. Ohio Governor John Kasich pulled out right after trump. Next tuesday is the president ial caucus in utah, and Democratic Caucus in idaho. Brian a new survey named the top u. S. Cities for st. Patricks Day Celebration. If it was based on parade side, cleveland is in the top five. Wallethub. Com factored in safety and weather and cost to come up with this list. Followed by buffalo, omaha, philly and pittsburgh. Cleveland ranks 22nd. I know pittsburgh doesnt even have their parade on st. Patricks day. They have it on a weekend. I dont know how that makes the st. Patricks Day Celebration nothing against their celebration or anything. Our parade is today. Thats a big deal, right . Samantha yeah. All the good corned beef. We know its number one, right . Tia we do. Samantha great weather. They ranked it based in om part on weather, and they were wrong. Whoever made that survey, well, youre wrong. Lets look at whats happening out there. I just have to laugh because i told the story earlier in the week, i was at the airport in florida this weekend, and the guy behind me in line was like he was not from here. Hes like, im on my way to cleveland. Im dreading the snow. Its been above average all week. Weve had great weather here recently thanks, of course, in weve been seeing. Last three hours great weather. Its very quiet out there and a lot of cloud cover and a few peeks of clear sky. The weather doesnt have an impact on your drive at all. You may throw the windows down this morning and maybe some sun glare after 7 30. A little breezy, but not windy enough this morning to really cause any issues on the roads, although winds will be picking up throughout the day. 40s this morning, and then 50s this afternoon. I love that music. Im going to be so sad when we dont play it tomorrow with the dancing leprechaun. We will retire him for another year tomorrow. For today, windy and sun and clouds and a stray afternoon shower is possible. 57 for your forecast high. With this afternoon rain chance, this is mid to Late Afternoon after 3 00, wouldnt rule out a passing shower. I think most of us will get through the day rainfree. Theres that tiny chance. And with that in the area tonight, cant rule out a stray shower, rain or snowshower. Look how chilly we get tonight. We drop into the 30s. Its been a while, so this may be a shock to the system to you. I dont think well see any accumulating snow or anything like that. Just a passing snowshower and windy tonight as well. Lets talk about how things look going into the weekend. So maybe you cant celebrate st. Patricks day today, and youve got to do it this way. Excuse me. I need water. 42 on friday. A little cooler as we head into the end of the week and go into the weekend. The cold air comes in tonight and just kind of hangs around through sunday. A little chance of a stray rain or snowshower tomorrow. No abbing ccumulation, and saturday night there may be a stray rain or snowshower out there. Sunday showers possible east of 77 but no accumulation there either, its so chilly this weekend, but good news. Start to get a lot warmer. This is cold until then. John, monday a chance for lakeeffect snowshowers. Spring, i know, the fluctuations are fun, right . John yeah. The weather pendulum swings. Ill tell you. All right, terminal tower looks great in green. 708 feet into the sky and just kind of shining over the city. I am amazed. I get a list of construction and accidents and disabled. Theres nothing on the list. A little bit of construction, season. Inbound traffic on 77, east 30th exit is looking good. Lets look at some speeds across the region. East side up and down the shoreway, 60 Miles Per Hour. Look at the drive in to town in the green car, of course. A whole hot of green there. The back end of that is kind of missing. It is. Somebody closed the trunk. And now were talking about no accidents or brokendowns. The bus might be a Good Alternative if you head downtown for the parade. Always a safe bet taking the bet. All right. Brian, tia. Tia corned beef is a cleveland staple 365 days of the year. Today on st. Patricks day its a necessity for a lot of locals. Brian necessity, youre right. Its part of the traditions, right . Work at slymans have been there since 2 00 this morning preparing their favorite sandwiches. Nikki nikki, you got your order in . Nichole i do, and i have the stations order in, too. Youre welcome. Yeah, its like a st. Patricks day tradition if youre from cleveland or if you live in cleveland now. Slymans is the place to be. Shannon knows that. Youve been doing this for years. How early did you get in line i was here at 5 00. Ive been doing it for 20 years. Nichole what did you get . I got myself a reuben and my mother and father a corned beef sandwiches. The sandwiches are huge and the people are friendly. Nichole the Customer Service here is great. Thank you for joining us. Well let you go home and eat that reuben. Have a good one. 2,000 pounds of corned beef is what theyre going to go through today. Theyve been cranking out the corned beef and slicing it up and making sandwiches all morning since 2 00 a. M. They have over 200 phone orders all boxed up over here. Youre a little late if youre thinking youre going to call in and make an order, because they shut down orders yesterday. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. You have to wait outside in line. The line right now is about 50 deep if you want your hands on it today. Was talking to some workers. Between 3 00 and 6 00 a. M. Shed buttered close to 800 pieces of bread, guys. Laura was scooping the horseradish sauce in itll containers. Her makeup was running down her face because that horse had dish is strong. She chose that because her hands got callused from chopping up all the cheese she chopped out. Over 100 pounds of cheese. Theyre working here cranking out corned beef sandwich. They will be open all day. Live at slymans, Nichole Vrsansky vrsansky. Brian you cant eat a whole sandwich in one sitting. I dont think you can. Tia its a lot of meat on that thing. Brian you get a sandwich and cut it in half. Well be at the parade today. Tia im excited. Tanchak will be there, too. The morning team and tanchak. With us. Tia might as well. Hes known around here. Time is 6 20. Lets just wait for it. 6 21 right now. A Major League Baseball player is giving up millions so he can spend more time with his son. You have to hear this story. Its interesting. Brian its very interesting. How you can see batman versus superman before anyone else. Tia were giving away tickets to the batman vs. Movie. Click on the enter to win questions. Well pick five winners on thursday. The tickets are emailed for the screens next tuesday at the if you win, wear your best costume to a competition at the screening. Thats you. Thats all you. All right. A big win for the cavs last night, and they get it done oa night where lebron james was getting the night off for a little rest. After being up 20 points two separate times the cavs squeak by the mavs by a single point at the q. The steal by kyrie irving sealed the deal. The kyrie steal here from nowitzki was the difference. The cavs are back on the road tomorrow in orlando. The rebuild in berea continues, and make no mistake, this is a complete teardown. Browns cut two more veterans. Carlos dansby is gone and dwayne bow. He led the team in tackles lat years. Da wayne bowe may be the pirs free agent signing in browns history. Caught just five passes. Tia a player on the Chicago White sox is walking away from his 13 Million Contract after the team told him he had to cut down on the amount of time he was spending with his son. Lets explain this. Adam laroche quit the time. The white sox had to limit the time he spend with his 14yearold. He announced his retirement on twitter using the familyfirst. He was bringing his kid to work every day. Brian every single day. Tia theyre not saying when youre not work spending time with your kid. Theyre talking about bringing the child to work. You cant do that. Brian he was out on the field. The white sox asked him to cut it down, and now, of course, is mad because they want to be on the side of family first. We get that, and were on board with family first, of course. But theres a time and a place, right . Tia right. School, did the kid go to school . Theres a lot of questions there. Getting blistered for this. Tia i dont think its warranted at all. The luck of the irish is smiling on the forecast today. Sam has our st. Paddy y paddys day forecast coming up. Brian good morning. On the day the ncaa tournament begins a heartwrenching story of an ohio teen who died playing the game he loved. Tia well show who is vowing to make sure chief Justice Merrick garland never downtown for the annual st. Patricks day parade, there is one thing you will not have to worry about today. Tia good morning. Happy st. Patricks day. Im tia mcewing. How do you do . Im not good with accents. Brian im obrien duffy, as if duffy needs to be altered at all to sound more irish. Its going to be on par with an irish spring day in cleveland. Meteorologist Samantha Mcroberts hi, mac. Samantha thats funny. Hey, b. Duffy. I forgot his irish name. Brian brian duffy. Tia it was obrien. Samantha obrien mcduffie. Make it extra issue. Happy st. Patricks day to you. Its 6 31, and i hope your morning is off to a great start. No rain, no snow, visibility, perfect 10s across the board. No fog issues. Its a really easy morning out there. Now, it is a little breezy, especially along the lack shore where winds may be sustained up to 18 Miles Per Hour out there in mentor. Winds will pick up through the day, so just breezy right now, and then windy later on. So if youre working outside today, of course, youll be working in the wind. Lets break it down for you hourbyhour. 8 00 in the morning, a mix of sun and clouds. Lunchtime, same thing. Sun and clouds, and then again winds continue to pick up. 45 at 8 00, 54 at noon and highs today happen around 3 00. Mid to upper 50s. Not bad at all. Parade weather, workingoutside weather, its all great today. Tonight we have a small chance for rain. Again, maybe a stray shower Late Afternoon. Well go more indepth on todays forecast coming up in a few minutes. John. Well, just as soon as i say doesnt look like theres any problems out there, we start to get problems. So ill run them down with you. First, this is not a big problem. The inbound traffic on 90 at east 105th is getting thick, as you can see. Theyre moving along at a pretty good pace for this hour of the morning. Heres the problem. We have a fire on morgan avenue in akron at beersly. Dont have details on this, but i want to let you know you probably have a tough go getting through the area. East 18th street is where the parade kicks off. East 18th street is closed between carnegie and east 14th due to some construction there. So just be apprised you have to go around that area. Heres the deal on 480 as folks head off to the east. Taillights heading off to the west, in and out on 77. Things going well there. Even as you come up into the jennings, youre only slowing isnt bad for 6 33 in the morning. 6 34 almost. A quick look at the traffic picture, brian and tia. Tia john, thanks. Thousands will converge in downtown cleveland today for the annual st. Patricks day parade. Brian the parade steps off at 1 00 this afternoon. Plenty of security will be in place, but be careful downtown. Make sure you know whats going on around you. Q. Mccray joins us live. Cleveland police, sheriffs deputies and even Homeland Security all joining forces today to keep everyone safe. Q. they will all be out patrolling the area, both uniformed and ununiformed officers in the crowd to make sure everybody is safe. Listen, clevelands st. Patricks day parade is the Third Largest in the country, so a lot goes into planning security to make sure everybody is safe. That being said, and you mentioned it a second ago, brian, officers want paradegoers on the lookout as well. If you see anything, suspicious, were live at the one turn in the parade route at east third street and superior. Heres a look at the rest of the parade route. Now, it starts at 1 04 this afternoon at east 18th street and runs west on superior avenue towards public square. At east third street the route turns north ending a block later at the cleveland mall. Due to construction, youre being asked to avoid gathering around public square. Make alternative plans. You want it to be a family affair, and everyone should have a great time and enjoy the great city. We have a lot to offer. Enjoy it safely and use public transportation. If you see something, Say Something and remain aware. Q. a look at terminal tower all in the st. Patricks day spirit today lit up in green this morning. When it comes to security and the officers, they say todays parade is a runthrough for all here come july for the Republican National convention. This is expected to be if not the largest but one of the largest gatherings of people in downtown this year. Reporting live from downtown cleveland, im q. Mccray, happy st. Paddys day. Tia happy st. Paddys day to everyone down there. Another thing to note if you head downtown, most of the shops and restaurants at tower city will close at 2 00 p. M. Today. Police say loitering in that area will be strictly prohibited. We have more st. Patricks day coverage yet to come. Nichole vrsansky has a live report from slymans downtown in about ten minutes. In about 20 minutes you will have local irish band the new barley court live in the cleveland 19 studios. Brian theyre very good. Tons of support is pouring in online for the family of a bucyrus teenager that died from injuries in a freak basketball accident. Noah leer was playing basketball church. The support pole causing the hoop to crash down on his head and neck. He died in hospice yesterday morning 18 days after the accident. In the last 24 hours a gofundme page has raised more than 6500 for his family. Judge Merrick Garland is meeting with congress today. He is president obamas pick to replace Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. The story is trending on twitter right now. The republicans have control of the senate. They have vowed to block garland from taking the empty seat. Tia the old Goodyear Tire headquarters on east Market Street in akron will be transformed into two new music venues. The goodyear theater has the capacity of 1500 and both open in april. The smashing pimp kun pumpkins play on the 29th. Really good to hear. Today we have temps in the 50, i think everything will take it. Samantha this morning it feels nice. Its time for the breakfast forecast. If ever a day to eat a corned beef sandwich for breakfast is today. Were in the 40s right now, and really light wind compared to yesterday. Just kind of breezy right now, but winds pick up throughout the day. Ill have your forecast for this st. Patricks day coming up in a bit. Speaking of corned beef, we go out to slymans right now where Nichole Vrsansky is having a good time. What are you doing out there . Nichole thats right. Its snow the time you wish you had smellovision. It smells so good in here. A corned beef sandwich from slymans. Patricks day you might ask . Brian good morning. A live look outside at the feazel roof cam, and lets take a quick listen to the new barley corps. [ music ] brian were going to talk to them and hear from them all morning on cleveland 19 news. Theyre, of course, a local irish band. Theyre fantastic. Ive seen them a handful of times in establishments. Theyre always a good time. Van halen song jump peaks at number one in the u. S. You can find more trivia on cleveland19. Com. You can also enter to win two tickets to dinner and a show at the hard rock rocksino in northfield. Tia today is st. Patricks day, and we all were green, obviously. You have green in your tie and i have a green dress. We do this as well, eat corned beef. Did you ever wonder the reasons behind some of those traditions . Brian Nichole Vrsansky live at slymans this morning where they know something about corned beef. Shes taking a closer look at some traditions. Nichole yeah, we are. Were also taking a look at the line, guys. Over half a block deep, at least 50 deep i would say. People waiting in line. This is a tradition in cleveland. Corned beef sandwich from slymans. Theyre cranking out over 2,000 pounds of corn beef today. Thats 1 ton of corn beef. We are curious about st. Why do we eat corned beef and cabbage and wear green . Everyone knows if you dont wear green, you get pinched by the leprechaun, right . Actually st. Patrick wore blue. The color green represents the countryside in ireland and its also on the national flag. And that pinching tradition, the leprechaun pinching you if you dont wear green, that dates back to the 1700s when people believed that lem khans could not see them if they were wearing green. Why corned beef and cabbage. Originally they ate ham which was plenty in ireland. When immigrants came to the u. S. , corned beef and cabbage were a cheaper replacement. Thats why you have corned beef, and thats the reason you have so many people waiting in line here at slymans to be able to get their haned on a corned beef sandwich today. Workers have been here since 2 00 a. M. Cranking out these orders. Those phone orders are cut off for now. So you will have to wait in line if you get your hands on a corned beef sandwich today. They normally shut down around 3 00 in the afternoon unless that line is super long. They do want to be able to serve as many people as they can. Live in cleveland, Nichole Vrsansky on this st. Patricks day. Back to youed in studio. Tia looking forward to the parade today. Brian the weather should be nice, sam. Samantha a little windy just like yesterday, but not quite as windy. Still windy, though. Thats not saying much. Everybody was Walking Around downtown yesterday hanging onto jackets because the wind was crazy, and it will be windy again today but dry here as that parade forecast and as we mentioned, well be out there, so i hope you come say hi. Me, jeff, and then tia, brian, laura, q. , nikki, the whole gang. It will be so much fun, and again the weather is wonderful. So i hope that you come see us. Before we go, party at the parade, right . We have to get off to school. So here is the School Forecast for today or the bus stop forecast. Mid40s this morning. No rain, no need for the umbrella early on. Theres a slight chance for a passing shower this afternoon, mid to Late Afternoon, but most of the day we get through problemfree. Wind out of the southwest. Its a little breezy, but winds all morning are picking up throughout the day. Clouds kind of decreasing here from west to east. A lot more clearing as you go west of 77. And then to the east were still hanging onto cloud cover. We start off in the 40s, and then we gradually climb through the 50s. I want to help you plan your day now with our hourbyhour forecast. 45 at 7 00, lunchtime, 54 degrees. Maybe youll still be standing lunchtime. At least you stand in line with some good weather. Then 57 at 3 00. Temperature for today. Thats for cleveland. Akron canton, points to the south, i think we get up to about 59. As i mepgsed, i cant rule out a stray shower or two mid to Late Afternoon, but any rain should be pretty isolated. The issue is we have this front off to our north into tonight, and that may provide the focus for a stray rainshower. Then as the temperature drops, tonight we may even see a little snow mixing in. But shouldnt cause any problems. Its been so warm lately, so any snow that we see i dont expect it to stick to the roads. We stay well above freezing tonight. 37, and its windy. So it might feel kind of brutal out there in the morning compared to our recent weather when you think about all the mornings this week. Its been so warm. Tomorrow highs only in the low 40s, and the cold air that comes in tonight sticks with us all through the take tomorrow and even into the weekend. An isolated rain or snowshower impact. Its not going to be a big rain event for us at all. Friday night we dry things out. Saturday looks good, just chilly and 39 for a high with a chance for rain and snowshowers saturday night. Also, very low impact and not sticking. Sunday we have a chance for snowshowers as well. Thats the first day of spring, by the way. Mainly east of 77 were not expecting major accumulation with that either. Any accumulation very light and monday, of course, we have issued that weather alert because we have lakeeffect snowshowers. Spring is a fun time to be a meteorologist. You get a little bit of everything, john. John absolutely. 71 at clark. Well, theres a picture that is worth 1,000 words. Things are moving along pretty st. Patricks day especially mountain morning is pretty active because so many people are heading to town. So far the activity hasnt been too problematic. Akron. Its on morgan avenue near beardsley. I went by it. Lovers lane is closed down there. Morgan avenue, fire in akron. Beardsley and lovers lane are both closed. East 18th street is also closed between carnegie and east 14th. East 18th street a little farther down, obviously, is where the parade kicks off. If you plan to head down east 18th, go around the area. Town on 77. Getting off at east 30th, and there. No problems so far trafficwise in the morning commute this st. Patricks day. Brian. Tia bigger is better when it comes to buying suvs, at least thats ford says. They believe people between 25 and 34 are buying bigger suvs moving to the suburbs and planning to have children. Brian a lot of basketball to watch this weekend, which is why doctors believe during march madness theres a spike in men getting vasectomies. Thats right. Cleveland clinic urologists say its not a bad idea, because after your procedure your body needs plenty of rest to heal. In the month of march the number of vasectomies are typically up 50 . Samantha interesting. Tia great information to know. I couldnt live without that. Time is 6 50. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. On channel 43, a reunion six years in making. Brian also at 7 00 you get to hear and see these guys, the new barley corn. Theyre live right now and will be all morning in our studios. Sponsored by National Carpet mill outlet. Tia want cleveland home and remodeling expo is at the Cleveland Convention center this weekend. This morning we give you a chance to win tickets to go out there. Logon to cleveland19. Com for your chance to win. Brian he brought slime to our city and introduced us to interesting catchphrases and entertained late night tv watchers for years. I never missed him. The ghoul is now the pride of cleveland. This moi mayor Frank Jackson honored him for his 45 years in showbusiness. He gave him a certificate of recognition. The ghoul broke into cleveland tv back in 1971, and he will be in our studios at 7 40 on cle43. Tia as you head out the door to start your day, here are some stories to know before you go. Its a st. Patricks day the corned beef sandwich from slymans. 2,000 pounds of corned beef is going through today . Roughly, give or take. The parade steps off at 1 04 this afternoon. Clevelands parade for st. Patricks day is the Third Largest in the country. Before the parade steps off the Cleveland Firefighters Shamrock Club hosts the annual memorial to fallen firefighters. President Barack Obamas pick to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat is expected to visit capitol hill today. Today is one of the most exciting days for basketball thats right. The ncaa tournament begins today. Samantha i dont know what im more excited about, march madness or st. Patricks day. Tia the parade. Samantha all of it. Its a great day. The weather is going to cooperate. 55 at parade time. Thats around 1 00. Windy, though, and a mix of clouds and sun. Cant rule out a stray shower mid to Late Afternoon, but i think we should be good to go for the parade. Look how chilly, guys, this weekend. John yeah. I have to let folks about this fire in akron near beardsley street. Its closed and some is lovers lane. East 18th street is closed between carnegie and east 14th, but thats well away from the beginning of the parade which, of course, is on east 18th farther north. Brian if youre downtown today, be careful driving around downtown. Theres people running through the streets and everywhere. Im not your dad, but dont drink and drive today please. Dont do that. We dont need any of that. 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